Portland

Portland is in the very north of the state of Oregon, bordering to Washington
state. There are some great advantages of living in Portland, but also some
drawbacks. One fascinating thing is the diversity up there - not only in regard
to people, but also nature is really rich. Every weekend there are several
farmers market held all over the city and the suburbs with ultimately fresh,
organic food. We both really enjoyed that. In addition, I came to make some new
friends in Portland during my stay in Dr. David Rossi's laboratory at the
Oregon Health & Sciences
University. We had so much fun, spent weekends hiking together with our
partners, helping David and his girlfriend Pip move, and playing Settlers of
Cartan with Claudia and Stevyn. Unfortunately the time passed by much too fast.